Alexis Pereira: "My 72 Hours in a Viral Tweet Vortex: A Diary" (Vulture)
Last week, I did something a lot of people do every day: I tweeted out a joke. The joke in this case was a photo of a fake college English class essay I typed up about Tom and Jerry, then marked with frustrated red-pen notes and a D grade before tweeting it as though I were the professor at his wit's end. To be clear, I'm not a college professor - I actually work in IT and am a comedian who performs in New York, presumably for other people who work in IT. But that didn't stop thousands of people from seeing my tweet and assuming it was real.
As told to Anne Victoria Clark: Was a Hollywood Assistant and I Got Yelled at on the Toilet (Vulture)
While I was sitting on the toilet I heard him shouting, asking everyone where I was. He stormed into the bathroom to yell at me and I had to explain that I was done for the day, and I was going to finish shitting and go home. He was very unhappy about it. I got yelled at mid-shit. After that, I had to ask to go to the bathroom and was sometimes told no. I was 25, and life was terrible.
Chris Lee: Daniel Craig's Character Won't Be Young Indiana Jones-ed in the Knives Out Sequel (Vulture)
… Will we finally get Benoit's backstory? … But [writer-director Rian] Johnson, who first conceived the character more than a decade ago, is quick to dismiss the notion that any new film will delve too deeply into Blanc's creation myth, likening the character's next iteration to the way British mystery doyenne Agatha Christie plotted multiple novels around Belgian supersleuth Hercule Poirot without ever filling in her protagonist's personal particulars. "This'll be another Poirot novel. This'll be just like what Agatha Christie did," Johnson says. "It's disconnected from Knives Out. It's just another case."
Morris the Cat (voiced by John Erwin) is the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food, appearing on its packaging and in many of its television commercials.
A large orange tabby tomcat, the character of Morris the Cat is "the world's most finicky cat", eating only 9Lives cat food and making this preference clear with humorously sardonic voice-over comments when offered other brands. Every can of 9Lives features Morris' "signature". Three different cats have played Morris the Cat.
The original Morris was discovered in 1968, at the Hinsdale Humane Society, a Chicago-area animal shelter, by professional animal handler Bob Martwick. An invention of the Leo Burnett advertising company where Martwick worked, Morris was featured in 58 television commercials which aired from 1969 to 1978. John Erwin provided the voice-over for the cat. Morris won two PATSY Awards (an award for animal performers in film and television) in 1972 and 1973. The original Morris died in 1978.
All cats to play Morris have been rescue animals, either from an animal shelter or a cat rescue. After receiving multiple contacts from individuals who claimed that they were the original owner of Morris, Bob Martwick chose not to reveal which shelter he obtained the second Morris from. After a yearlong search, Martwick selected the second Morris, who began appearing in commercials in 1979. The first two cats to play Morris lived with Martwick as pets.
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Deborah replied:
Oh, I well remember this, even though I'm not a cat fan: Morris was meowing for 9 Lives. My husband says he first appeared in 1968 - that's news to me.
Breezy, warmer and drier than seasonal. The radish and carrot seeds I planted 10 days ago are sprouting, and they're so tiny! In a couple more days I'll thin them and replant the seedlings I move. Salads in about 30 days will be amazing.
Daniel in The City responded:
9Lives
Dave in Tucson wrote:
9-Lives?
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
9Lives
Billy in Cypress U$A answered:
9Lives cat food
Kevin K. in Washington, DC, replied:
Friskies
Cal in Vermont responded:
9Lives. Morris sold them a crapload of cat food!
Rosemary in Columbus wrote:
9 Lives cat food
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• Stephen King used to listen to music while he wrote, but he has stopped doing that. Why? He says that "frankly my brains used to work better than they do now." However, his wife may have had something to do with it. He used to listen to a tape of "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega (sample lyric: "A little bit of Monica in my life, a little bit of Erica by my side") over and over and over. One day his wife came into his study and told him, "Steve, one more time…you die!"
• Jacques Offenbach, the composer of many famous overtures, occasionally forgot to button the fly of his pants, so his wife developed a code phrase to remind him of this necessary social duty. If they were at a party, and she began to speak about "Monsieur Durand," Offenbach knew that he needed to get away somewhere private so he could button his pants.
• Art Linkletter is famous in part because of his interviews with children. For example, he asked a small girl what she wanted to be when she grew up. She replied, "An airline stewardess. My aunt was one, and she told me you can marry rich millionaires." When Mr. Linkletter asked her whom her aunt had married, she answered, "The airport janitor."
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's widow, Constanze, defended his memory. She once was offended by a book by Friedrich Schlichtegroll about her deceased husband, so she bought up all the copies of the book and removed the passages she didn't like.
Illnesses and Injuries
• In his old age, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, but he continued to paint. Unable to walk, he was either carried in a sedan chair or pushed in a wheelchair. His hands were twisted, and according to his son Jean, "Visitors who weren't used to it couldn't take their eyes off the mutilation. Their reaction, which they didn't dare express, was 'It's not possible. With those hands, he can't paint these paintings. There's a mystery!'" According to Jean, "The mystery was Renoir himself." In order for Mr. Renoir to paint, a piece of cloth was pushed into the center of his hand, which was like a claw, and then a brush was pushed into his hand. A mechanism was created in order to move large paintings so that the part that Mr. Renoir wanted to work on was within his reach. With these adaptations, Mr. Renoir was able to continue to create masterpieces despite his infirmity. In 1919, his last year of life, Mr. Renoir painted both Girl with a Mandolin and The Concert, although he looked like a skeleton and his voice was so weak that people could barely hear him.
• A man became obsessed by a woman, and he convinced his doctors that he would die unless he could sleep with her. However, the sages of the community said, "Let him die rather than have her yield." The doctors then asked that the woman stand naked before the man in order to save his life, but the sages said, "Let him die rather than that she stand naked before him." The doctors then asked that the woman talk to the man while standing behind a fence in order that his life be saved, but the sages said, "Let him die rather than that she talk to him behind a fence." In other words, according to this story from the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 75a, if a man becomes obsessed with a woman, that's his problem - she is not required to help him.
Was really busy yesterday and didn't even get to read your page. So when I read today's page, I used your link to the "previous" page. But instead of taking me to the
Feb. 19 content; it has taken me to Jan. 29's page.
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
Thanks, Linda!
Yeah - I arfed up labeling the file. Should work now.
Thanks for noticing - I 'checked' the page late last night and saw "Useo", "Wednesday", and "2020", so it 'looked' correct. Sigh.
Two years ago today started what would become 6-weeks of jury duty.
Tonight, Friday:
CBS begins the night with a FRESH'MacGyver', follwoed by a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0', then a RERUN'Blue Bloods'.
On a RERUNStephen Colbert (from 1/13/20) are Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, and a performance by the Broadway cast of "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical".
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 1/21/20) are Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
NBC starts the night with a FRESH'Lincoln Rhymes: Hunt For The Bone Collector', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNJimmy Fallon (from 1/17/20) are Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Vanessa Hudgens, and Ashley McBryde.
On a RERUNSeth Meyers (from 1/15/20) are Billy Porter, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Caitlyn Smith.
On a RERUNLilly Singh (from 2/10/20) is Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
ABC opens the night with a FRESH'Fresh Off The Boat', followed by another FRESH'Fresh Off The Boat', then '20/20'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 2/10/20) are Harrison Ford, "Science Bob" Pflugfelder, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, and Lil Yachty & Sueco the Child.
The CW offers a FRESH'Charmed', followed by a FRESH'Dynasty'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'WWE Friday Night SmackDown'.
MY recycles an old 'CSI: Miami', followed by another old 'CSI: Miami'.
A&E has 'Live PD', followed by a FRESH'Live PD: Rewind', followed by a FRESH'Live PD'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Book Of Eli', followed by the movie 'Taken', then the movie 'A Walk Among The Tombstones'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - That Is Not Miami
[7:00AM] DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY - Little Guy, Black Hair
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Contagion
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Royale
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Time Squared
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Icarus Factor
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Pen Pals
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Q Who
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Samaritan Snare
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Up the Long Ladder
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Manhunt
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Emissary
[6:00PM] GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
[8:30PM] GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)
[11:00PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW
[12:33AM] GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
[3:01AM] GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989)
[5:30AM] HIDDEN HABITATS - Deep Sea (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 2½ hours of old 'Chrisley Knows Best', followed by the movie 'Office Space'.
Comedy Central has 2 hours of old 'South Park', and 'The Comedy Central Roast Of Justin Bieber'.
FX has the movie 'The Heat', followed by the movie 'Bad Moms', then a FRESH'The Weekly', and another 'The Weekly'.
History has 'Washington', another 'Washington', and still another 'Washington'.
IFC -
[6:00A] The Three Stooges - A Pain in the Pullman
[6:30A] Saving Private Ryan
[10:30A] Gladiator
[2:00P] That '70s Show
[2:30P] That '70s Show
[3:00P] That '70s Show
[3:30P] That '70s Show
[4:00P] That '70s Show
[4:30P] That '70s Show
[5:00P] That '70s Show
[5:30P] That '70s Show
[6:00P] Two and a Half Men
[6:30P] Two and a Half Men
[7:00P] Two and a Half Men
[7:30P] Two and a Half Men
[8:00P] Two and a Half Men
[8:30P] Two and a Half Men
[9:00P] Two and a Half Men
[9:30P] Two and a Half Men
[10:00P] Two and a Half Men
[10:30P] Two and a Half Men
[11:00P] Two and a Half Men
[11:30P] Two and a Half Men
[12:00A] Two and a Half Men
[12:30A] Two and a Half Men
[1:00A] That '70s Show
[1:30A] That '70s Show
[2:00A] That '70s Show
[2:30A] That '70s Show
[3:00A] That '70s Show
[3:30A] Sinister (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:15am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:45am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:15am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:45am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:15am] Sniper
[10:30am] Eraser
[1:00pm] Law & Order
[2:00pm] Law & Order
[3:00pm] Law & Order
[4:00pm] Law & Order
[5:00pm] Law & Order
[6:00pm] Law & Order
[7:00pm] Law & Order
[8:00pm] Law & Order
[9:00pm] Law & Order
[10:00pm] Law & Order
[11:00pm] Law & Order
[12:00am] Law & Order
[1:00am] Law & Order
[2:00am] Law & Order
[3:00am] Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter - Executives
[4:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[4:35am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:10am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:45am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'The Transporter', followed by the movie 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters', then the movie 'Edge Of Tomorrow'.
New Republic Pictures has won an auction for Peter Hoare's pitch Family Jewels, a multigenerational family comedy that returns Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton back on the big screen together for the first time since the 1996 blockbuster The First Wives Club.
In Family Jewels, Hawn, Midler and Keaton's characters are forced to spend the Christmas holidays together, along with their kids and grandkids, after the man they were all once married to drops dead in a New York City department store. New Republic is eyeing a production start this year. Hoare will also write the screenplay. Last May, one of the biggest deals to come out of the Cannes Film Festival was the sale of Hoare's original spec Down Under Cover to Paramount with Chris Hemsworth and Tiffany Haddish attached to star. His new dramaedy starring Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz, Standing Up, Falling Down, opens tomorrow.
New Republic principals Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer will produce, along with Alan Nevins. Tracey Nyberg will executive produce. Fischer and Nevins packaged the project with the three leads and, together with Nyberg, who brought in Hoare.
Ethiopia's government on Thursday assumed custody of a priceless 18th-century crown that a former refugee had kept hidden in his apartment in the Netherlands for two decades.
Sirak Asfaw, the one-time refugee who is now a Dutch citizen, fled Ethiopia during the late 1970s during the so-called "Red Terror" purges.
He found the gilded crown -- which features images of Christ and the Twelve Apostles -- in 1998 in a suitcase left behind by a visitor.
Sirak assumed the crown had been stolen but worried it would "just disappear again" if he returned it to Ethiopia's leaders, so he kept it in his apartment in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, he told AFP last year.
Only after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018 did Sirak feel comfortable handing it over.
Jeremy Irons used the platform of this morning's opening jury press conference at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival to address controversial statements he has been reported to have made in the past about same-sex marriages, women's rights and abortion.
"Let me make my views entirely clear on these particular subjects once and for all," said Irons. "Firstly, I support wholeheartedly the global movement to address the inequality of women's rights and to protect them from abusive, damaging and disrespectful harassment both at home and in workplace." Irons drew fire in 2009 for signing a petition in support of Polish film director Roman Polanski.
"Secondly, I applaud the legislation of same-sex marriage, wherever it has been attained. I hope that such enlightened legislation will continue to spread into more and more societies," he added, referring to controversial comments he was said to have made in 2013 about how same-sex marriage could "debase" marital law (he later claimed to have been misinterpreted).
"Thirdly, I support wholeheartedly the right of women to have an abortion should they so decide," he said, having previously been quoted as agreeing with a pro-life advocate.
"These three human rights are essential steps towards a civilised and humane society for which we should all continue to strive. There are many parts of the world where these rights do not yet exist, where such ways of living lead to imprisonment and even to death," Irons continued. "I hope that some of the films we will be watching will address these problems. I look forward to watching films in this year's Berlinale which will provoke us to question attitudes, prejudices and worldwide perceptions of life as we know it."
Donald Trump (R-Grifter)'s pastor is telling Florida worshippers to prioritise giving money to her church over paying their own mortgages.
Paula White, the controversial televangelist who serves as Mr Trump's spiritual guide, warned thousands of congregants in Miami to put God before their own financial needs.
During the sermon she urged attendees of the mass to pay their monthly donation, or tithe, to the church before they had payed other necessary personal expenses such as electricity or their mortgage.
"So let's just say I get paid $1,000 and I pay my mortgage first or I pay, what's the electric company here? FPL. I pay FPL first instead of bringing the first tenth to the house of God every week, which clearly is instructed throughout the word of God," she said.
Ms White placed shoes on her hands and pants over her head in a theatrical demonstration of how backward it is to pay your bills before contributing tithes.
Before we became the only remaining humans on the planet, Homo sapiens mated with Neanderthals and the closely related Denisovans. New research is now revealing that the common ancestor of Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with its own predecessor, a population of "superarchaic" hominids.
This new model suggests a rewritten history of human evolution, and, if it holds, demonstrates that early human species interbred a lot more than scientists initially thought.
Previous research has suggested that around 750,000 years ago, humans separated from an ancestor of both the Neanderthals and the Denisovans that populated Eurasia. But there is also evidence that another archaic ancestor already inhabited Eurasia. Perhaps the "Neandersovans" bred with these superarchaic hominins as well.
The researchers developed a model based on a sample of modern European genome from the Simons Genome Diversity Project, as well as available Neanderthal genomes. They assumed that ancient European humans did not breed with Denisovans, because there isn't much evidence to support that. They followed how mutations in either group would be carried forward or jump across species. According to their statistical analysis, the model that best fit the data was one where Neanderthals interbred with humans, Denisovans mixed with the superarchaic ancestor, and now, the novel hypothesis, that genetic information flowed between the superarchaic population and the Neandersovan ancestor population as well, according to the paper published in Science Advances. That superarchaic population might have been a descendant of Homo erectus, a descendant of Homo antecessor, or another hominin altogether.
The model comes with several other implications-not only would it push back the date that Neanderthals and Denisovans split, but it also predicts that humanity's ancestors expanded out of Africa only three times: an early ancestor 1.9 million years ago, "Neandersovans" 700,000 years ago, and modern humans 50,000 years ago.
Tiny bubbles of ancient air trapped in ice cores from Greenland suggest we've been seriously overestimating the natural cycle of methane, while vastly undervaluing our own terrible impact.
Methane is an 'invisible climate menace' - roughly 30 times more potent as a heat-trapper than carbon dioxide - and while some of this atmospheric gas is produced naturally, new research indicates humans are responsible for far more of it than we thought until now.
Before the industrial revolution, when humans began to extract and burn fossil fuels on the regular, natural methane emissions were an order of magnitude smaller than current estimates, the study suggests.
Today, this means our own methane emissions might be up to 40 percent higher than suspected.
Over the past three centuries, methane emissions have shot up by roughly 150 percent, but because this atmospheric gas is also produced naturally, it's been difficult to tell exactly where the emissions are coming from.
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Week of (February, 19) 2020 :
1. U2; $6,719,086; $130.45.
2. Elton John; $3,405,225; $142.09.
3. Andrea Bocelli; $2,337,515; $174.40.
4. Little Mix; $1,708,699; $57.97.
5. Cher; $1,592,216; $128.69.
6. Tool; $1,412,768; $107.69.
7. Jonas Brothers; $1,350,047; $94.96.
8. Shawn Mendes; $1,286,029; $70.55.
9. Michael Bublé; $1,275,070; $104.36.
10. André Rieu; $1,243,864; $87.24.
11. Marc Anthony; $1,126,514; $106.12.
12. Bad Bunny; $1,094,367; $95.04.
13. Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $1,009,451; $65.00.
14. The Black Keys; $971,193; $104.43.
15. Scorpions; $783,253; $94.40.
16. Jerry Seinfeld; $736,561; $123.13.
17. The World of Hans Zimmer; $578,594; $66.52.
18. Bryan Adams; $530,609; $68.37.
19. Luke Combs; $474,733; $38.64.
20. The Kelly Family; $473,384; $58.50.1.
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